Weekly roundup May 13 – 19
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ISS music video [XKCD What if?]
The Ford Zone [Maclean’s]
‘Food sovereignty’ is a farcical way to bolster Quebec pride [National Post]
A nation of wimps [Psychology Today]
Reality Check: Canadian tariffs on Chinese goods [Maclean’s]
Abortion debate in Canada is uniquely hysterical [National Post]
Tweets
When will the Conservatives stop subjecting us to “Economic Action Plan” ads? Even the Soviets limited their plans to five years.
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Dan Gardner (@dgardner) May 15, 2013The reason why famines are so rare these days is we *don't* insist on 'food sovereignty'. Broad and deep mkts are the best food security
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Stephen Gordon (@stephenfgordon) May 16, 2013Which brings me to my best Toronto lifehack: go to the ferry terminal on a weekday and buy ferry tickets in advance. Skip the stupid line.
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Matt Elliott (@GraphicMatt) May 18, 2013Video
^ This is great.
Weekly roundup May 6 – 12
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Reason to love NZ #58: A functioning health care system [Offsetting Behaviour]
Tory initiative could have figured out who started the myth that Canadian history is boring [National Post]
New research council mandate shows Conservative’s hostility to free market [National Post]
As Saskatoon police mourn homeless alcoholic, glimpse of front line policing emerges [Calgary Herald]
How corporate Canada is killing free enterprise [Calgary Herald]
Tweets
Globe headline: "WestJet's plan to add capacity sparks fears of fare war." God, no! Not lower fares! ANYTHING BUT THAT, YOU MONSTERS!!
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(@scottfeschuk) May 08, 2013Missed the live exchange but I see @joycemurray was having fun in QP today... http://t.co/bsO7ftkeAF
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Jamie Carroll (@jec79) May 09, 2013Songza for twitter accounts. “Trying to read serious things”, “Trying to laugh”, “Ready for a pointless argument”
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Cameron MacLeod (@c_9) May 12, 2013Video
Weekly roundup April 29 – May 5
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One last cringe for ‘the Office’ Finale [New York Times]
A complete illustrated guide to playoff protocol [National Post]
“Talk a bit about cliches you overuse” [Sportsnet Magazine]
Taking on the Ford brothers’ news favourite tax study [Metro]
Some tough questions for mandatory all-Canadian movie channel [Maclean’s]
Postal service set to hire thousands of community junk mail readers [Yolk Region News]
Tweets
@OttawaCitizen "admit"? There's got to be a better choice of words!
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Olivia C (@crossmanator) April 30, 2013If I asked nicely, could you please walk even slower on the crowded sidewalk while texting your friend? Thanks.
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Karon Liu (@karonliu) April 30, 2013"Responsible gun owners" never suffer gun tragedies, because once you suffer a gun tragedy, you cease to count as a "responsible gun owner."
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(@davidfrum) May 02, 2013Walk
Posted: April 28, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »Went for a lovely walk today for much of the afternoon (2h 40m, 11.9 km). My route below and some photos. (More photos on my flickr account.)
The residence of the Ambassador of Peru, that I drive past every day to and from work.
This is quite the church roof.
Many small houses along the area south of Carling near Merivale.
Weekend parking at the day care.
A cool little car.
And a cottage-like house in Westboro.
Weekly roundup April 22 – 28
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Leaside a reflection of those who built it [Toronto Sun]
Video shows developers plans to sway city council [Calgary Herald]
Canada Post says they hold the trademark on the words ‘postal code’ [Canada.com]
Andrew Scheer’s ruling shows he’s more loyal to his conscience than the party whip [National Post]
Time to change the message on gun control [National Post]
Fake [The Greater Fool] (related to this Toronto Star story)
The real point everyone seems to be missing in this latest @torontostar affair is that a mortgage peddler is - gasp - a renter. #WhatBubble?
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Jen Gerson (@jengerson) April 26, 2013Speaker’s ruling on MPs a victory – but a hollow one [Ottawa Citizen]
Is your wardrobe killing Bangladeshis or saving them? [The Globe and Mail]
I wish this neighborhood stayed exactly as gentrified as it was when I first moved here [College Humor]
Tweets
@sparkcbc The sound of a cellphone on vibrate. It's not nearly as subtle as some would like to think.
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Gaia Gigi (@DollfaceTuesday) April 22, 2013Why blocking piplines is pale alternatv to carbon tax RT @ealini The spectacular rise of oil-by-rail—in 18 months. twitpic.com/cl80zq
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Kevin Milligan (@kevinmilligan) April 22, 2013I don't know what the people are doing here, but I sure like how it looks from space. http://t.co/EnCDjYIfdu
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Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) April 26, 2013Video
^ This is an excellent reminiscence by Stephen Harper from Leaside’s 100th Anniversary party yesterday night.
Weekly roundup April 15 – 21
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Behold the modern party leader: pragmatic, disciplined, without principles [National Post]
Tart & soul [Ryerson Review of Journalism]
When is a tax not a tax? [iPolitics.ca]
Internet Vigilantism: the court of public opinion is now in session [The Globe and Mail]
Inside Markham’s grocery store wars [The Globe and Mail]
Tweets
If the gov’t claims importers can avoid gun tariffs by compiling a gun registry, I will die laughing.
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Mike Moffatt (@MikePMoffatt) April 16, 2013Tariff code being reset by arbitrary, unwritten, fiat? Maybe put FinMin at border in lifeguard chair. Calls out tariff rates as goods pass.
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Kevin Milligan (@kevinmilligan) April 19, 2013#CerealBox “@reporterdonpeat: Here are the top 6 finalists in the #Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games mascot contest #TOpoli http://t.co/gv85JF0XWi”
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Matthew Browning (@CabbagetownMatt) April 18, 2013Tree Chickadee
Posted: April 17, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »
Tree Chickadee, originally uploaded by dalmond.
Today’s photo from field work taken while waiting for the surveying equipment to figure out its location.
